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‘Well below livable standards’: basic needs not being met one year on from northern NSW floods

Accommodation, power and service connections remain a challenge, local volunteer says

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022

Flood insurance premiums shock Alice Springs residents as inconsistent mapping blamed

Alice Springs residents in suburbs not traditionally considered flood zones are faced with increases of more than $6,000, as the Insurance Council calls for a centralised database of flood maps.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022

2ManyDJs on 20 accidental years of mashups and mayhem: ‘It’s more fun when it’s a little bit naughty’

Their album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 kickstarted the mashup phenomenon. As they prepare for an anniversary concert, the Dewaele brothers discuss bootlegs, brotherhood and looking back

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Echuca residents call for levee to come down as floodwater dries up

Residents want a 2.5km levee taken down almost two months after it was built to stop flooding in Echuca.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

US Senate runoff brought high election day turnout and a close race

ATLANTA — A big election day turnout in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate runoff brought even more Georgia voters to the polls than the first election day a month ago, but the flood of votes for Republican Herschel Walker on the final day wasn’t enough to overcome Democrat Raphael Warnock’s advantage among…

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Country towns at 'greater risk' of running dry when drought returns despite recent floods

Despite all the flooding this year, experts warn that country towns are even more likely to run out of water during the next drought, but why?

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

Leo Varadkar declines to comment on viral nightclub video

The video sparked a flood of comment and debate online, however, the Tanaiste described it as a “personal matter” which related to his private life and so was separate from his professional life as a politician

Dublin Live · Dec 7, 2022

Flood risk rises in Sefton and Wirral

Large parts of the coastline are at risk of going underwater in the next 30 years

Liverpool Echo · Dec 7, 2022

Flood defences in Cardiff 'at significant risk of failure'

New defences are planned along the Severn Estuary coastline

Wales Online · Dec 7, 2022

Family left devastated after mystery flood shuts down 55-year-old business

"It was literally like a river out the front"

Wales Online · Dec 7, 2022